We performed a comparison between Apache Web Server and IIS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is more secure to use Apache and you will have fewer problems than other web services."
"The most significant advantage is the ability to swiftly enable HTTPS services when my DNS is configured correctly."
"It is scalable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is reporting."
"Its community is its most valuable feature. Solving problems is easier on Apache because so many people know this product."
"Apache has proven to be incredibly reliable, and everything has operated smoothly without encountering any issues."
"The best thing about Apache is that it is open-source, so implementing my platform on-premises is less expansive than other solutions."
"Most of the features I liked were related to the performance during peak hours."
"It helps scan and mitigates our vulnerabilities using the best protocols to secure our environment."
"We use the solution for our customer's web applications."
"The solution has been reliable."
"The product is stable."
"The tool shows us the operating systems where our servers and applications are running."
"The solution is easy to use and connects with Microsoft."
"The initial setup is simple."
"It's good and offers good usability."
"A monitoring interface would be great for this product. The monitoring dashboards for Apache's models are not included in the basic installation. You can install the basic monitoring model, then connect this model to another monitoring system."
"Lacks integration with some cloud solutions."
"In future releases, I would like to see better server optimization."
"Things change very fast. We're always on the lookout for better approaches and tools. If the solution falls behind, we may have to switch."
"The major issue occurs with ports. So, I would like to see easier port management."
"There is a security-related problem that depends on the web server's configuration."
"By optimizing the infrastructure to allow the webserver to directly handle queries from memory—particularly by prioritizing the storage of queries in memory and processing them through the web server interface—I could potentially cut down the required instances from five hundred to two hundred."
"So far, for us, everything is okay."
"In the next release, the tool should be more easily integrated and configured with other provisions. The pricing should also be made cheaper since it's very expensive now."
"The solution should improve the cluster environment and load balancing."
"It would be beneficial if you could automate security certificate monitoring with IIS."
"We'd like future versions to be more stable."
"IIS needs to improve its security. Its support needs to be faster and clear. The tool's licensing could be cheaper as well."
"IIS could improve the error logging. There are times we are not able to see the errors. More details would be helpful. Additionally, the configuring of the IIS should be allowed through coding instead of the classic view."
"Sometimes if you are using IIS in large-scale scenarios, meaning that if you are deploying an application within IIS service and you are expecting a large number of users to use this application, you can sometimes find some problems, meaning that the service can shut down by itself unexpectedly if you don't configure your IIS with the correct configuration that can handle this number of users."
"Presently, some developers do not have technical knowledge of managing IIS, so that needs to be improved in the next release."
Apache Web Server is ranked 3rd in Application Infrastructure with 21 reviews while IIS is ranked 1st in Application Infrastructure with 53 reviews. Apache Web Server is rated 8.6, while IIS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Apache Web Server writes "Has good security, speed and traffic handling features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IIS writes " A simple and easy-to-use solution but not recommended for public apps". Apache Web Server is most compared with NGINX Plus, IBM WebSphere Application Server, Microsoft .NET Framework, Zend PHP Engine and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas IIS is most compared with NGINX Plus, Oracle WebLogic Server, Tomcat, JBoss and Microsoft .NET Framework. See our Apache Web Server vs. IIS report.
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